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Searching for Starlite: The Mystery of the 'Blast-Proof' Material

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The Mystery of the 'Blast-Proof' Material

10/11/2018 GMT

BBC World News - Searching for Starlite: The Mystery of the 'Blast-Proof' Material

Lee Johnson goes in search of Starlite and its mysterious inventor.

Lee Johnson goes in search of Starlite and its mysterious inventor. Starlite is a remarkable material which appeared to have incredible heat resistant properties.

In 1990, a remarkable material which appeared to have incredible heat resistant properties, was featured on the BBC's Tomorrow's World programme. The material, christened 'Starlite' was all the more miraculous as its creator was an English hairdresser with no formal chemical training. But despite huge interest from NASA, Boeing and the British Ministry of Defence, the product never left the laboratory. Lee Johnson goes in search of Starlite and its mysterious inventor.

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